About the Author

At the age of 23, James Pinocchio wakes up in the back of a New York taxi with a combination lock piercing his left ear and no idea how it got there, or what the combination is. The following day, his wealthy parents decide they've had enough, and they send him off to Sleepy Hollow, the famous rehab facility in Upstate New York. While there, Mr. Pinocchio meets all sorts of Fascinating Characters, one more Unbelievable and Amazing than the next, and falls in love with a trashy woman who ultimately betrays him. The love affair ends tragically, of course, and, like many parts of Mr. Pinocchio's story, stretches credibility to the breaking point, but the experience-which involves a great deal of pain, some dirty sex, and endless amounts of girlish crying-eventually leads to Redemption and Healing. But not for him.